Duties and responsibilities:

• Develop and apply Eulerian and Lagrangian CFD methods on different length scales to simulate pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. These include:
• Developing competence in fluid mechanics in a pharmaceutical context
• Coupling of CFD methods to DEM powder modeling and molecular dynamics methods
• Focus on pharmaceutical processes like hot-melt extrusion, spray drying, manufacturing of nano-particles, mixing of multiphase fluids
• Develop and apply coarse-grained models for molecular dynamics
• Leading of the inhouse CFD group
• Setting up models for multiphase computational fluid dynamics simulations
• Performing and analyzing multiphase computational fluid dynamics simulations
• Actively participating in project teams and scientific networks
• Writing project reports and publish research in reputed journals
• Presenting results at internal meetings at international conferences

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Contact: Application

your field of activity:

• Scientific research on plasma-assisted ammonia synthesis
• Development of an overall carbon-neutral process concept for ammonia production
• Collaboration with 4ward Energy Research GmbH and Prozess Optimal CAP GmbH
• Publishing in high-quality peer-reviewed journals

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Contact: Susanne Lux

Duties and responsibilities:

• Modeling of individual unit operations (e.g fermentation, purification,...) using datadriven and hybrid modeling algorithms
• Design of (model-based) controlalgorithms
• Integration of model and control algorithms into a digital twin structure
• The algorithms will be designed in a simulation environment and then transferred to the real system

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Duties and responsibilities:

• Planning and allocation of technical resources and personnel for experimental activities in coordination with the Head of Technical Operations
• Independent and precise execution of experimental activities within the scope of assigned projects, including setup, operation and careful documentation of experiments
• Planning and conducting experimental trials using various equipment and materials, including hazardous chemicals
• Assisting in the planning and implementation of scientific projects
• Maintaining and assisting with the calibration of production equipment, including extruders, spray dryers, compression machines, mixers and coating equipment
• Setting up and preparing instruments and equipment for production operations
• Carrying out cleaning work on equipment and systems and preparing reports to document the measures carried out
• Ensuring the availability and proper recording of all data obtained during experimental work in accordance with Good Documentation Practices guidelines
• Ensuring compliance with all agreed RCPE work procedures, including the correct completion of all analytical test analyses, equipment logbooks, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and safety procedures
• Representation in the purchase of laboratory supplies and chemicals
• Direct customer contact for services
• Implementation and main contact person for external and internal laboratory audits

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Duties and responsibilities:

• Completed relevant university degree e.g.: Mechanical engineering or process engineering
• Interest in a larger research project together with other partners
• Interest in experimental and numerical work
• Good written and spoken German and English skills
• Remuneration is in accordance with the collective agreement for university employees 
  (classification: B1 ); full-time position
• Start: possible immediately; Location: IWT Graz
• Duration: approx. 3.5 years

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Area of responsibility:

• Residence Time Distribution Model Development and Evaluations

• Software Development with C#, Visual Basic, and Python

• RTD research on case studies with different unit operations

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Contact: Valentina Troiss

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop and apply simulation methods for freeze drying (lyophilization) processes,
  including equipment- and vial-scale CFD (computational fluid dynamics) models as well as
  reduced-order models and digital twins based on those simulations. Activities will focus on
  the improvement and development of simulation methods that take into account the
  elements of freeze-drying processes, including:
  o Developing competence in fluid mechanics
  o Learning numerical methods and computational fluid dynamics
  o Setting up, performing and analyzing computational fluid dynamics
  models for rarified multi-component flow
  o Developing reduced-order models based on results from computational
  fluid dynamics simulations
  o Actively participating in project teams and scientific networks
  o Writing project reports and publishing research in reputed journals
  o Presenting results at internal meetings and at international conferences
  with partners and colleagues

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Kontakt: Sandra Sünkel